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Requiem Revisited

A little while back writers Andrew Rihn and David Curcio launched a new series here on boxing movies, with these astute aficionados of both cinema and prizefighting offering ...
On April 17, 2021 / By Rihn & Curcio
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April 15, 1985: Hagler vs Hearns

Hagler vs Hearns. Next to The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, maybe the most famous boxing match in middleweight history. Billed as simply “The Fight,” what is there to ...
On April 15, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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April 11, 1981: Holmes vs Berbick

In 1981 few doubted that Larry Holmes was one of the best boxers in the world, but rarely had the holder of the most coveted prize in all ...
On April 11, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is no stranger to corruption and criminals and over ...
On April 5, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Training In The Shadows

It has been over a year since the calamity that is COVID-19 upended our lives and shook the world. Every corner of the globe has been affected by ...
On April 4, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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The Napoleon Of The Prize Ring

Napoleon, war-master, was a terror to his foes, A general of generals, as everybody knows; And Jack McAuliffe, lightweight king, who many battles won, Was tagged by his ...
On March 25, 2021 / By Alden Chodash
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The Fight City Podcast No. 50

Time for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, who is joined by author and site contributor Glen Sharp as they recap the first ...
On March 24, 2021 / By Alden Chodash
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 1954-2021

For those of us watching from the outside, who never knew Marvelous Marvin Hagler on a personal level, perhaps the characteristic which made the greatest impression was the ...
On March 13, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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The Fight City Podcast No. 48

Brand new podcast for you, fight fans, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, and it’s a special edition marking the 50th anniversary of quite possibly the biggest prizefight ...
On March 8, 2021 / By Alden Chodash
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March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic II

In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, ...
On March 5, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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March 2, 1980: Kenty vs Espana

After decades of decline, Detroit, Michigan, attempted to reverse the years of stagnation and neglect and reassert itself in the late 70s as one of America’s great cities. A ...
On March 2, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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Fight Report: Berchelt vs Valdez

The Event There’s something cartoon-like about watching certain feats of human strength or endurance. Sitting on your couch, you exclaim, “Did you see that?” when you know they ...
On February 21, 2021 / By Harry Meyerson
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Feb. 19, 2000: Morales vs Barrera I

No one can really pin down how the animosity began. Perhaps it was a regional rivalry with Erik Morales hailing from the working class region of Zona Norte, ...
On February 19, 2021 / By Rene Ricardo Bernal
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On Leon Spinks

In mourning the death of Leon Spinks one week ago, one is not lamenting the loss of “a great fighter,” as some, moved by sentiment, have called him, ...
On February 12, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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Feb. 11, 1990: Douglas vs Tyson

Thirty years ago today, it happened: Douglas vs Tyson. The biggest upset in boxing history. Every fan knows the narrative. In 1990, the undefeated Mike Tyson appeared indomitable, ...
On February 11, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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Feb. 9, 1974: Monzon vs Napoles

By this time no one questioned the greatness of Jose Napoles. The former Cuban who had emigrated to Mexico after the government of Fidel Castro deemed pro boxing ...
On February 9, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Nothing Left To Prove

Most great boxers do not go gently into the good night of retirement, but instead rage and fight against the dying of the light. And while, having long ...
On February 8, 2021 / By Joshua Isard
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Feb. 5, 1943: Robinson vs LaMotta II

A rivalry is not a rivalry after just one fight. Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had faced each other for the very first time just four months prior ...
On February 5, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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February Fights

After a busy few months at the end of 2020 during which many top fighters answered the bell, 2021 has been off to a slow start. Thankfully February ...
On February 3, 2021 / By Harry Meyerson
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Facing Ali

Casualties of a cruel sport. Broken spokes on boxing’s eternal wheel. Archetypes for the noble poor. Or, to cast such reductive generalizing aside, perhaps just men who made a choice. Facing Ali, ...
On January 27, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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Salvador Sanchez: Counterpunch

“I’m convinced that Salvador Sanchez was the best Mexican fighter of all time. Even better than Julio Cesar Chavez.” — Wilfredo Gomez “The greatest Mexican fighter of all-time ...
On January 26, 2021 / By Lee Wylie
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Fight City Legends: The Little Hebrew

“We were Jews living in an Irish neighborhood. You can guess the rest. I used to fight four, five, ten times a day.” Abraham “Abe” Attell was born ...
On January 19, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is The Greatest

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the amazing athlete who changed boxing forever and, as we must each year, we take time to celebrate his life ...
On January 17, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 16, 1982: Navarrete vs Choi

For fight fans the world over, mere mention of the city of Manila in the Philippines will always conjure up memories of the legendary third and final clash ...
On January 16, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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Jan. 13, 1976: Hagler vs Watts

No matter where you place Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a ranking of the best middleweights of all-time, no one can dispute the fact few boxers have dominated a division ...
On January 13, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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2020: The Nominations

To say 2020 was kinda crazy is to state the obvious to the point of trivializing what was an unprecedented year of chaos, upheaval, crisis and death on ...
On January 6, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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One Night In Montreal

With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today, we look back to when our ...
On January 5, 2021 / By Rafael García
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Jan. 4, 1940: Armstrong vs Ghnouly

As Marvin Gaye sang back in the day, “Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby,” and these days how boxing fans yearn for “the real thing,” for meaningful ...
On January 4, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Pernell Whitaker: The Sweet Scientist

You can call him, as we do, the best southpaw in boxing history. Or you can call him, as we do, the best boxer of the 1990’s. Or ...
On January 2, 2021 / By Lee Wylie
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Jan. 1, 1915: The Legend Of Levinsky

Modern day boxing cannot legitimately claim to be better than boxing in the past. In fact, in terms of the technical abilities and skill level we see today, ...
On January 1, 2021 / By Robert Portis